Moves & Appointments

THEAM, BNP Paribas Investment Partners’ indexing, model-driven and capital-protected investment specialist, has strengthened its indexing and ETF team with the appointments of Lorraine Sereyjol-Garros and Déborah Tempesta.
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Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Cindy Dash as general manager and John Moody as chief solutions officer at Matrix Financial Solutions, the firm’s mutual fund and ETF trade processing division.
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Global law firm Ropes & Gray has strengthened its regulatory and exchange-traded funds (ETF) capabilities with the addition of Dalia Blass, who has joined the firm’s investment management practice as counsel in Washington, DC.
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BNP Paribas Investment Partners has appointed Claus Hecher as head of business development for Germany, Austria and the German-speaking regions of Switzerland, as the company looks to strengthen its indexed fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) business in Europe.
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ACSI Funds, an asset management firm specialising in the use of proprietary customer satisfaction data as a leading indicator for security selection, has appointed exchange-traded fund (ETF) specialist Kevin Quigg as chief strategist.
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AFAM Capital has appointed Josh Kocher and Ray Chen to its quantitative division, Innealta Capital, a provider of managed ETF solutions to financial advisers, intermediaries and high net worth investors.
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New York Life announced today that Kirk Lehneis, 41, has been appointed chief operating officer of New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM), the investment management arm of New York Life Insurance Company.
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THEAM, the BNP Paribas Investment Partners subsidiary specialising in capital-protected, indexed and model-driven management, has appointed Isabelle Bourcier as Head of ETF and indexed fund activities.
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State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has appointed Bobby Eng as head of SPDR ETF Business Development in Canada. In this newly created role, Eng will be responsible for strengthening SSGA’s SPDR ETF business in Canada.
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OppenheimerFunds has appointed Sharon French as Head of Beta Solutions. In this role, she will be responsible for growing the firm's smart beta business by building on the success of Oppenheimer Factor Weighted ETFs as well as developing new multi-factor products to help meet client demand.
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Exchange traded funds (ETF) provider Source has appointed Matt Johnson to the the new position of Head of EMEA Coverage. Based in London, he will manage and build Source’s sales infrastructure across Europe and report to Julian Ide, Source’s Chief Executive Officer.
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Invesco PowerShares, a leading global provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and part of Invesco, has expanded its capital markets team with the appointment of Jim Goldie as Head of ETF Capital Markets – EMEA and Michael Delew as ETF Capital Markets Research Analyst.
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